Alec Cowan of wins ITT, grabs hold of the Yellow, Red and White jerseys halfway through the race

(St-Jean-de-Lalande, QC – June 16, 2017) The third race of the Tour de Beauce 2017 was disputed this morning in a torrential rain in the St-Jean-de-la-Lande area of Saint-Georges, and Alec Cowan of Canadian team Silber Pro Cycling signed his career first UCI victory.

Stage 3a was an individual time trial of 19.4 kilometers.

Cowan's impressive solo performance, stopping the clock at 25:17, allowed him to rise to the top of the overall standings to take possession of the coveted yellow jersey. He also leads the points and best young rider classifications, receiving the white and red jerseys.

“This is not necessarily a surprise. When you put a lot of effort, the results follow. I am confident of my abilities. I can not be happier about winning the race. My goal heading into the ITT was to narrow the gap in the overall standings, with a distant goal to lead the overall and take over the yellow jersey.”

“We have a good team here to defend the jersey. I have to be confident that we will be able to protect our lead in the overall standings. There is no reason we can not win the Yellow Jersey on Sunday.”

Cowan, a native of Calgary, Alberta, is in his first year with Silber Pro Cycling. In 2016, he was racing in 2016 with the RaceClean, a Canadian Development Team.

Taylor Eisenhart of the Holowesko-Citadel team finished second of the stage, lagging 8 seconds behind Cowan. Matteo Dal-cin, the winner of yesterday’s stage at Mont-Mégantic, climbed on the third step of the podium with a deficit of 16 seconds on the victorious time.